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End of the year Asks: everything ending in 4, please!

thank you for sending this as i completely forgot i reblogged that post (it’s here)

4. Movie of the year?

i really did not go to or even really watch many movies this year! weird! but it’s still gotta be La Chimera. incredible film and so very for me. i invited two friends to come with me to see it, none of us knowing really anything about it, and afterwards they were like wow this was so weird and niche and we like you better for bringing us to see this? great stuff. really have not stopped thinking about it since i saw it.

14. Favorite book you read this year?

i read a lot of good books this year but probably A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall because it came out of nowhere (i picked it up at my local shop and bought it on the strength of “epistolary”) and was again really really For Me. really felt like it had been sitting there on the shelf, waiting for me. (here’s a review, if you’re interested)

24. Did you keep any New Year’s Resolutions?

i don’t usually make them but last year all of the denizens of lizardchat made fun resolutions and i just checked mine. it was: to replay all of the nancy drew video games. i did not replay ALL of the nancys but i did replay 20 of them! and reviewed 19.

[a-chorus-of-storytellers]

Hi 🙂

Hej dear and a very happy new year! 🎆 I hope you had a lovely time. Thank you so much for playing. 😊

With our minds gone Kill me if you dare They call me the wild rose Break the news, you’re walking out I’ve stayed in one place for too long

bound - RY X | underdog - kasabian | where the wild roses grow | nick cave & the bad seeds | writer in the dark - lorde | brand new day - ryan star

I wish you a good night/day. ✨🍀

Send me a ‘hi’ and I will put my playlist on shuffle, write down the first line of five songs and give it to you as a poem.

[brightbeautifulthings]

A darling Christmas present from the darling @the-forest-library! I swear, you pick out the BEST fuzzy socks! Thank you so much, lovely! Hoping you had wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year!💛💛

[sadyoungliterarygirls]

end-of-year book asks: 4, 5, 9, & 12, please!

04. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

Yesss, Mariana Enriquez and Tove Ditlevsen (if you love women descending into madness and destruction, check her out). And in a minor degree Linn Ullmann.

05. What genre did you read the most of?

Ah, I don't read much genre literature. I guess literary fiction is what you call it. And as for genre per se, I guess autobiographical non fiction, if that counts, because I read a lot of Annie Ernaux and Didion's The year of magical thinking.

09. Did you get into any new genres?

I guess I can say horror, but just because I read two books by Mariana Enriquez. Well, years ago I read House of leaves but didn't scare me at all and I found it too boring. But Enriquez really scared me in some parts and it's not that easy because I watch horror films and I'm quite immune and detached. But Enriquez mixes horror with argentinian history and she's unapologetically political (rich people are the worst, she says, and the world is a fucked up place).

12. Any books that disappointed you?

Lol, yes... too many for my taste. I mean I usually can find in all books something to enjoy, but a lot end dissapointing me for the simple reason that I always expect too much of books.

But I guess the one that disappointed me most was Good Omens. If you follow me, you know I'm obsessed with the show but I found the book tedious and not funny at all. I've read much better fics, thank you.

And I didn't understand either the hype with Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

[the-haiku-bot]

“You should be at the

club.” No, I should be at the

scholastic book fair.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

“You should be at the club.” No, I should be at the scholastic book fair.

[lovesdaya]

@lovesdaya

[deservingporcupine]

Fun questions: everything ending in 4, please!

4. what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

Saying "inVESTigating, are we?" in a particular tone -- from an old DnD game. 

14. what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do? 

Publish novels. (Today I am having "posted something for the first time in four years" nerves and it's frankly pretty bleh.) 

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for? 

Proud of myself for sticking with doing Zumba for three years, extremely reliably. (Until I got hurt.) Very big deal for me. 

34. any pet peeves?

"Thusly." I am a descriptivist for the most part, but I reserve the right to rage about "thusly." Thus is already an adverb and does not need an extra -ly, thanks. (Worse when it's in stuff that is supposed to be "historical" or "period.") 

Thank you for the ask! 

[soft-lovely]

Greenhouse reading nooks 🌱

[dandelionjack]

My Name Is Meven Stoffat I Like To Write About Digital Afterlives. What If You Died Yeah And Basically Somebody Uploaded Your Consciousness To The Cloud And You Became A Ghost Online? What A Fascinating Concept I’m Going To Include It In Every Episode From Now One. Four Point Five Billion Times

[nipuni]

Silence in the library

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on february 1st!

[natureaestheticdreams]

@natureaestheticdreams for more🪵

[lizziethereader]

all things that make sense but are difficult to trace back to specific elements! (or maybe it can't be traced back to elements because some writers might do the same things well and then it's a writer thing... tricky!)

Weekly Bookish Question #426 (January 26th - February 1st, 2025)

When would you say a book is too long? (This can be in page numbers but also a general feeling/related to a book’s content)

[abustoslife]

[brightbeautifulthings]

@the-forest-library

I got a beautiful Valentine's Day care package from the sweetest bean!

Thank you so much! 🥰 I think you're exactly right, Mable. That tote will hold SO MANY books! 😍💛

Happy Valentine's Day, lovely!

[stonifae]

[the-haiku-bot]

“You should be at the

club.” No, I should be at the

seaside for my health.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

“You should be at the club.” No, I should be at the seaside for my health.